Podcast Summary: The Isabel Brown Show

Episode: Is Evie’s New Magazine A S*x “Issue?” I’m Here For It, TBH
Host: Isabel Brown (The Daily Wire)
Date: February 23, 2026

Overview:

This episode centers on the recent announcement from Evie Magazine—a Christian-conservative women’s magazine—about their forthcoming “Sex Issue,” which aims to provide honest, positive sex advice within the context of marriage. Isabel Brown dives into the cultural and political reactions to the announcement, particularly among conservative and Christian circles, addressing the criticism, unpacking the magazine's mission, and reflecting on why candid, value-aligned conversations about intimacy are so necessary in today’s world.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Evie Magazine Sex Issue—Purpose and Controversy

Announcement & Cover:
- Evie Magazine, founded by Brittany “Hugo Boom” Martinez, is releasing a special print “Sex Issue” featuring a model in bridal lingerie and a veil, symbolizing marital intimacy.
- The announcement created significant backlash, particularly among men in the conservative creator space who compared Evie’s approach to mainstream, left-leaning women's magazines.
Criticisms:
- Critiques centered on the perceived inappropriateness of the cover for a conservative magazine and concerns that this mimics progressive or “sex-positive” media, such as Cosmopolitan or Teen Vogue.
- Common sentiments:
  
  “Why that cover though, could have chosen something much more conservative, especially for a conservative magazine.” — [Tommy, internet comment] (03:15)
Evie’s Response:
- The magazine responded with a public statement highlighting years of requests from young married women seeking honest, value-driven guidance about sex.
- Key rationale: Traditional and religious women feel left out—they’re told to wait for marriage but offered no real help for intimacy within it.
- Statement:
  
  “You cannot call something sacred and then refuse to take it seriously.” — Evie Magazine’s statement (08:15)
- The issue promises “real advice that actually makes [women’s] lives better,” specifically rooted in commitment, not hookup culture.
  
  “You asked for guidance and we listened. You won’t find hookup culture propaganda in these pages. No ‘explore with multiple partners,’ no decoupling sex from commitment.” (09:10)

2. Comparative Analysis: Mainstream vs. Conservative Media

Mainstream Examples:
- Isabel contrasts Evie’s approach with content available on platforms like Call Her Daddy (Alex Cooper’s podcast) and older Cosmopolitan magazine advice, which often centers on casual sex, novelty, and “exploration.”
- Representative episode titles cited from Call Her Daddy:
  - “Nudes never die”
  - “Sexed me so I know it's real”
  - “Faking O's and Threesomes. Oh my.” (10:30)
- Recent Cosmo headlines:
  - “25 household items that double as at-home sex toys”
  - “Looking to get into BDSM? Start here.”
  - “33 porn sites for women that you'll want to bookmark right now.” (12:00)
Why Evie Matters:
- Isabel argues mainstream advice is often disconnected from values like commitment and monogamy, and Evie is “rooting intimacy back in its particular home of marriage, which is wildly important compared to all of the other media out there.” (12:50)
- She contends that young conservative and religious women have been left with few voices offering supportive, informed, marital intimacy guidance.

3. Backlash: Traditional vs. New Sex Positivity

New Sexual Revolution:
- Brittany Martinez tweets:
  
  “There is a new sexual revolution happening and it looks nothing like the last one ... The old revolution told women that casual sex with men who were not committed to them was liberating. … A lot of women listened and a lot of women got hurt. … The answer to a failed sexual revolution is not less sex. It is much better sex.” — Brittany Martinez (16:45)
Isabel’s Support & Commentary:
- Isabel agrees this is “exactly what young women need a lot more of.”
- She notes the “most sensitive, satisfied people in their intimate lives are people who are married, committed to one another, and religious—they have … the best sex lives in the world.” (18:30)
- She jokes about the stereotype of large Catholic families as evidence of marital satisfaction, but argues there’s a real point there.

4. The Theology and Beauty of Marital Intimacy

Spiritual Framing:
- Isabel recalls her high school theology teacher:
  
  “In the right context, within the beauty of marriage, sex is actually the closest thing that we have to a glimpse of what heaven is going to feel like. It is the most you can possibly give of yourself to another person in the exact same way that Christ lays down his life for us.” (21:00)
- She critiques Christian and conservative media for rarely discussing sex in such a positive, nuanced way.
- “For others … who have never had a conversation with their mom … your only options to discuss intimacy have been Call Her Daddy ... or Cosmopolitan magazine giving you horrifying [advice] … Given the options out there, I am so glad … that Brittany Hugo Martinez … has the moral clarity and the courage to say what just needs to be said.” (23:40)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

On the Point of Marriage:

“Bridal lingerie and a very obvious wedding veil seems perfectly appropriate to me. You're talking about physical intimacy as that's supposed to be the point until which you wait to have sex with your loved ones.” — Isabel Brown (04:12)
On the ‘Conservative Dilemma’:

“Many young women, especially from traditional or religious families, have come into womanhood without learning anything about sex. They saved themselves for marriage and then realized the culture that told them to wait had absolutely nothing to say when it comes to what happens after the altar.” — Evie Magazine statement, read by Isabel (07:38)
On the Need for New Narratives:

“The old sexual revolution was a disaster ... The answer to a failed sexual revolution is not less sex. It is much better sex.” — Brittany Martinez (16:55)
On Faith and Intimacy:

“In the right context, within the beauty of marriage, sex is actually the closest thing that we have to a glimpse of what heaven is going to feel like.” — Isabel’s theology teacher, recounted (21:00)

Timestamps for Key Segments

03:15 — Backlash and Selected Criticisms from Conservative Commentators
07:38 — Evie Magazine’s Official Response Read and Discussed
10:30–12:00 — Comparison: Call Her Daddy and Cosmopolitan vs. Evie Magazine
16:45 — Brittany Martinez’s “New Sexual Revolution” Thread
18:30 — Evidence and Jokes about Marital Intimacy Satisfaction Statistics
21:00 — Catholic Theological Perspective on Sex and Marriage
23:40 — Isabel’s Concluding Support and Call for Courageous New Dialogue

Tone & Final Thoughts

The episode is passionate, direct, and conversational, aimed at encouraging honest, values-rooted discussions about sex, especially for women of faith or conservative backgrounds. Isabel Brown champions Evie Magazine’s approach as overdue and necessary, rejecting both silence and the dominance of hypersexual mainstream narratives. She urges listeners to embrace, honor, and talk openly about the “gift” of intimacy within marriage, suggesting that doing so is not only healthy but also divinely intended.

Transcript

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Experian Question of the Day can conservatives, namely Christian conservatives, be overtly stuck Sex positive in media? The Internet is disagreeing over this. The alpha male podcast bros are big mad about the conservative media world after the last few days when it was announced that Evie magazine, basically the only Christian conservative coded woman's magazine in the world, announced that they were going to be putting out for their new print issue. The sex issue featuring a pretty scandalous although compared to most magazine covers, wildly tame magazine cover with a beautiful model dressed in bridal lingerie and a big beautiful veil. All things how to have a great sex life with your husband. People are really upset about this, especially men in the creator world because they claim that this is exactly the same thing that the radical extremist feminist left is doing for women every single day between the pages of Vanity Fair or Cosmopolitan magazine or even Teen Vogue, which yes, has very raunchy articles these days for your teenagers. Hence why EV magazine is so necessary and so needed in the space. And the criticism is making a lot of waves on the Internet. Lots and lots of comments like this one from Tommy. Why that cover though, could have chosen something much more conservative, especially for a conservative magazine. I don't know. Bridal lingerie and a very obvious wedding veil seems perfectly appropriate to me. You're talking about physical intimacy as that's supposed to be the point until which you wait to have sex with your loved ones. Or this one from the Texan Bee. Ugh. I'm so tired of hearing about everyone's sex life. Interesting, but I don't know that a lot of the backlash is very well founded, particularly when we are constantly complaining about how broken and degenerate and sinful our culture really is, just constantly shoving in people's faces. Which is sadly how most people in our generation and everyone after us are learning about sex from for the first time, literally. I read the other day the average age of exposure for young boys who is like 7 and 8 years old today in the 2000s. And the exact same thing is true for young women. It's getting younger and younger and younger that young kids are getting exposed to wildly degenerate, commodifying, disgusting content that distorts and twists what physical love, a gift from God, is supposed to be all about. So in the wake of all of this backlash and the COVID reveal for the second sex issue of EV Magazine, which you can start pre ordering I guess today, hence why it's making a bunch of waves over the weekend on the Internet, Brittany Hugo Boom Martinez, who is a former model herself, she is the founder of Evie magazine, and a dear friend of mine ended up putting out a whole statement explaining where the heck this issue of their magazine was coming from. Last week at New York Fashion Week, EV magazine held this huge party that also made a whole lot of media waves called the Erosion Party, assuming what is a nod to erotic love. And at the Eros party, they unveiled the COVID of this sex issue of their magazine in front of the press and hundreds and hundreds of guests at New York Fashion Week. They say this for years. A recurring plea has shown up in our DMs, emails and survey responses. Young married women are asking us for real, honest, detailed guidance about sex. A reader once wrote to us and said this Progressives own sex positivity, but abandoned marriage and monogamy a long time ago. Conservatives own marriage but can't bring themselves to be sex positive. Many young women, especially from traditional or religious families, have come into womanhood without learning anything about sex. They saved themselves for marriage and then realized the culture that told them to wait had absolutely nothing to say when it comes to what happens after the altar. They grew up with negative associations to intimacy, but were expected to become uninhibited the moment they say I do. We believe sex is one of the most important foundations of a thriving marriage. You cannot call something sacred and then refuse to to take it seriously. This is so interesting to me and she anticipates and reacts to a lot of the backlash here. Some of you will read this and be surprised. In truth, this is the most EV thing we've ever done. We've always said we want to celebrate femininity and help marriages thrive by giving women real advice that actually makes their lives better. This is where this gets me. Your sex life with your husband is arguably the most important part of your marriage. You asked for guidance and we listened. You won't find hookup culture propaganda in these pages. No explore with multiple partners. No decoupling sex from commitment. We're giving you what is arguably the most complete, thoughtful, and beautiful guide on sex and intimacy ever put into print. I'm so glad they threw that in there at the end of what you won't find between the pages of this print issue, because what you see literally everywhere out there in the world of women's media is celebrating the most disgusting degeneracy possible. Most women I'm finding who are my age are learning about sex largely through a singular podcast led by the most influential and successful female podcaster on the face of the planet, Alex Cooper and Call Her Daddy. And if you've been listening to Call Her Daddy for years and years and years, you'll know that they talk about raunchy sex a lot on this podcast. When you look at like the new episode titles of Call Her Daddy, it's these deep profile interviews of a list celebrity like Michelle Obama. But if you sort on Spotify to go back to the oldest episodes of Call Her Daddy from years and years ago back in 2018, here's what you find. Nudes never die. Sexed me so I know it's real. The Gluck Gluck 9000 if you're a five or a six, die for that. D I C K the Post Nut cleanup and the Gluck Gluck continued. It's time to get laid. Plot twist Small penises. Not that word for the win. And using Tears for Lubes Episode nine Faking O's and Threesomes. Oh my. This is the advice that young women from across the political and religious spectrum are typically turning to, because it's been one of the only voices in women's media actually talking about intimacy from a woman's perspective. Now it's an perspective, and it's telling women all of the wrong things that are going to lead to actual satisfaction in your intimate life. But at least they're talking about it. And for millennial women who came just before us, the only real outlet for this type of advice was between the pages of Cosmopolitan magazine. Right? To be a Cosmo girl meant you knew everything that you needed to know about sex and intimacy. Which, by the way, is its own Entire section still on the Cosmopolitan website sex and intimacy section, where under the latest headlines, you'll find things like this. 25 household items that double as at home. Sex toys. Looking to get into BDSM? Start here. The women who love to cheat. Or 33 porn sites for women that you'll want to bookmark right now. Compare that to this EV Magazine cover that people are going absolutely berserk about on the Internet. And I see something that's rooting intimacy back in its particular home of marriage, which is wildly important compared to all of the other media out there, and something that can actually be helpful for women who do need a thriving sex life with their husband in order to have a happy marriage. And on the note of keeping our relationships unbelievably healthy, I want to talk to you guys about something that's hit me really hard. After becoming a mom, I've realized the importance of putting my physical health first in showing up for the people that I love, understanding that the decisions I'm making about my health aren't just about me anymore. 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As people continued to freak out about this all over the Internet this last weekend, Britney ended up putting out another tweet after the official response statement to the announcement of the COVID and I am so here for this. Like this is exactly what young women need a lot more of. She says this There is a new sexual revolution happening and it looks nothing like the last one. The last one told women that casual sex with men who were not committed to them was liberating. That if it left you feeling empty, you just weren't doing it right. That the solution to every broken sexual norm was to break more of them. A lot of women listened and a lot of women got hurt. They ended up more medicated and more lonely than any generation before them and having less sex than almost anyone before them too. That's true, by the way. Fact check that the old sexual revolution was a disaster. The traditional corners of society refused to talk about sex as something thrilling and pleasurable. Everything that made sex sound exciting and appealing was owned by the so called progressives. The best that conservatives had to offer was the virtue of restraint. Who wants that? The answer to a failed sexual revolution is not less sex. It is much better sex. We're seeing young women arrive at this conclusion on their own that neither side has been willing to say plainly. Sex is one of the most exciting parts about being alive. And it is insanely better with a man who is wildly, completely obsessed with you. A man who knows your body because he has made it his business to learn and he gives you the emotional safety to completely let go. Oh, this or nothing for me, frankly, that sex is one of the most exciting parts of being alive. And it is insanely better with a man who is wildly, completely obsessed with you. Says a woman who is completely in love with her husband and has a daughter to prove how much she loves her husband. Why don't we ever talk about it this way? The old proof is in the pudding that the most sensitive, satisfied people in their intimate lives are people who are married, committed to one another, and religious. They have statistically go look this up for yourself. The best sex lives in the world. They are the most satisfied with their physical intimacy. And then that turns into the old joke that Catholic families all have like 8 to 12 kids because mom and dad are so deeply in love with each other. But there's something to that, right? God gave us this incredible, spectacular gift that actually, when I think back to my high school theology class days at Catholic high school, one of my theology teachers put more beautifully than I've ever heard anyone talk about this. He said that in the right context, within the beauty of marriage, sex is actually the closest thing that we have to a glimpse of what heaven is going to feel like. It is the most you can possibly give of yourself to another person in the exact same way that Christ lays down his life for us. And why aren't we talking about that more as Christians? I remember my theology teacher telling me that as like a sophomore or junior in high school. And very rarely have I heard anyone in the Christian media space, anyone in the conservative media space say anything about intimacy other than, I'm married, sex is great, I have a lot of kids. That's it. You kind of just have to figure it out as you go. And for some that works great. But for others who maybe never have had a conversation with their mom because you're not supposed to talk about these things, who have never had an opportunity to ask a big sister, they don't have a big sister or a dear friend who was married before them to ask any of this to. Currently, your only options to discuss intimacy have been call her daddy, telling you to sleep with as many people as possible, engage in threesomes and hurry up girl and go get an abortion. Or Cosmopolitan magazine giving you horrifying, glorified through the pages of a magazine and telling you that you should be watching sites, cheating on your husbands and pleasuring yourself with stuff that you can find around the house. Given the options out there, I am so glad, and maybe this is a hot take. Maybe you guys will attack me for this. I am so glad that Brittany Hugo Martinez, one of my dear friends and the founder of Evie magazine and the entire EV magazine staff has the moral clarity and the courage to say what just needs to be said, that this intimacy sex is a gift from God that we should cherish, we should tap into, we should honor and engage in. And when it is done correctly, it is a glimpse of heaven on earth. Sam.